That’s not an exclusivity deal.
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Lmaydev@programming.dev 10 months agoA large chunk of steam games can’t be brought elsewhere.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 months ago
Lmaydev@programming.dev 10 months ago
All the same to me. I have to install a specific client to play a game.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are we pretending publishers not bothering putting their games on every storefront is the same as paying publishers to not put those games on competing storefronts?
Lmaydev@programming.dev 10 months ago
The end result is the same for the consumer.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Intention matters too.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 10 months ago
Not to me. I just want to play games. Already have multiple launchers. Doesn’t make a difference.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It really isn’t.
In one case a publisher is choosing to publish where the customers are. If consumers don’t like that service they are free to publish somewhere else
In the other case a company is trying to force consumers to use their service, instead of providing a better service that they would want to use.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 10 months ago
Either way you install a client and play a game. Already have a few so it doesn’t really matter.
Rose@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Steam was literally forced on those who owned a physical copy of Half-Life and wanted to play it. The dominant position has nothing to do with the service offered by Steam. It was dominant when it barely had any features. GOG competing with it on features and in fact offering the bonus of DRM-free games hasn’t improved its market share of about 0.5%.